{"id":2613066,"date":"2026-06-10T16:26:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T20:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/karen-basss-brother-sues-los-angeles-after-house-burned-down-in-palisades-fire\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T16:27:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T20:27:39","slug":"karen-basss-brother-sues-los-angeles-after-house-burned-down-in-palisades-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/karen-basss-brother-sues-los-angeles-after-house-burned-down-in-palisades-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Karen Bass\u2019s brother sues Los Angeles after house burned down in Palisades fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkaren-basss-brother-sues-los-angeles-after-house-burned-down-in-palisades-fire%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2613066&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Kenneth Bass, teh brother of Los angeles Mayor Karen Bass, has filed a lawsuit against the city of Los angeles after his Malibu home was destroyed in the 2025 Palisades fire. Reported by *L.A. Material*, the filing-made on May 18 and reported June 10-claims harms including smoke inhalation and the distress of losing the property, and lists 18 public and private defendants.<\/p>\n<p>Bass\u2019s office said the mayor has spoken publicly about her brother\u2019s loss before and noted that the City Attorney\u2019s Office is responsible for defending the city and the Department of Water and Power in the case. The article also references controversy around Karen Bass\u2019s handling of the fires, including that she was in Africa during the disaster, where she attended a presidential inauguration as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jill-biden-claims-healing-role-because-weve-faced-so-much-as-a-nation\/\" title=\"Jill Biden Claims &#039;Healing Role&#039; Because &#039;We&#039;ve Faced So Much as a Nation&#039;\">homes burned<\/a> and deaths were reported.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kenneth Bass, brother of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/los-angeles\/\">Los Angeles<\/a> Mayor <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/karen-bass\/\">Karen Bass<\/a>, has sued the city of Los Angeles after his home burned down in the destructive Palisades <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fires\/\">fire<\/a> in 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lawsuit was first reported by the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/lamaterial.com\/p\/karen-bass-brother-sues-city-palisades-fire\"><em>L.A. Material<\/em><\/a>  on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4603320\/karen-bass-brother-sues-los-angeles-house-burned-palisades\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Karen Bass\u2019s brother sues Los Angeles after house burned down in Palisades fire<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4603113\/california-voters-finally-outcomes-primaries-eight-days-later\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Californians finally know who they will be voting for in key races come November \u2026 eight days after polls closed<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4601714\/pamela-evette-alan-wilson-runoff-south-carolina-governor\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Pamela Evette and Alan Wilson head to runoff for South Carolina governor GOP nod<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report said Kenneth and his wife filed the lawsuit on May 18 and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >alleged smoke inhalation<\/a> and the distress of losing their Malibu home.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere\u2019s nothing new here \u2014 Mayor Bass has spoken of her brother\u2019s loss publicly since January of 2025,\u201d Bass\u2019s office told the <em>Washington Examiner.<\/em> \u201cThousands of people are plaintiffs in this action, which names 18 public and private sector defendants. The City Attorney\u2019s Office is responsible for defending the City and DWP in this lawsuit.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW: Mayor Karen Bass\u2019 brother\u2019s Malibu home burned in the Palisades fire. Now he and his wife are suing the city of LA:<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gVXnh8Mcdf\">https:\/\/t.co\/gVXnh8Mcdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Hamilton (@_hamilton_matt) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/_hamilton_matt\/status\/2064724115043590438?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 10, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bass was vocal about the destruction of the home during a Pacific Palisades Community Council <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1hLvbmWpzGc\">meeting<\/a> in January 2025.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe loss that you\u2019re going through, I share indirectly. It\u2019s hit my family too,\u201d Bass said. \u201cIt\u2019s a type of shock and grief that is trauma that will be with us for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, Bass\u2019s brother joins thousands who have filed lawsuits against the city. Bass has faced controversy over her handling of the Palisades fires.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bass was in Africa <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3281073\/karen-bass-stares-wordlessly-reporter-cornered-los-angeles-wildfires\/\">during the fires.<\/a> She attended the inauguration of President John Dramani Mahama in Ghana while homes burned and 12 people died.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She expressed remorse in her decision during an interview with then Fox 11 news anchor Elex Michaelson, where she said it was a \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=595672346629772\">mistake<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bass advanced to the general election after the mayoral <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/primaries\/\">primary<\/a> on June 2. In <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\/\">California\u2019s<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-republican-flops-in-primary-after-free-beacon-unearths-anti-semitic-rant\/\" title=\"California Republican Flops in Primary After Free Beacon Unearths Anti-Semitic Rant\">jungle primary system<\/a>, the top two finishers advance to the runoff in November. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4601413\/los-angeles-race-outcome-not-surprising-byron-york\/\"><strong>LA MAYORAL RACE OUTCOME \u2018NOT A HUGE SURPRISE\u2019 BUT PROCESS WAS \u2018TERRIBLE\u2019: BYRON YORK<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She will be joined by City Councilwoman <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4599474\/what-to-know-nithya-raman-la-mayor\/\">Nithya Raman<\/a>. The two contenders beat out reality TV star <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/spencer-pratt\/\">Spencer Pratt<\/a>, who was running as an independent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The general <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elections\/\">election<\/a> will be held on Nov. 3.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kenneth Bass sues Los Angeles after Palisades fire burned his 2025 home<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4226,"featured_media":2613067,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/karenbass.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[48133,4585,36585,48345],"class_list":["post-2613066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-karen-bass","tag-lawsuit","tag-los-angeles","tag-palisades-fire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/karenbass.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2613066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2613066"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2613066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2613070,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2613066\/revisions\/2613070"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2613067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2613066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2613066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2613066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}